We finished our Wee Hunk last month and put it in its element. We keep getting stopped by people asking what kind of boat it is, and educate them on the provenance of the boat - "my garage" and the builders - "my son and I". (We never fail to credit Glen-L, naturally.) Indeed, the comments have been largely favorable to ecstatic: "You built yourselves? I love you guys!" This from a guy fishing at the boat ramp... Indeed, in Northeast Florida's procession of white sided plastic boats, the blue hulls and dory lines are distinctive. We haven't decided on a name, but have a couple good options.
The boat performs well, keeping us dry and safe, and drives well, getting onto plane quickly.
We manufactured the sheers out of pieces cut from a 18' piece of 2x6 so we didn't have to scarf. We also changed the sheer pattern, making a "sandwich" of the plywood hull sides. My son stained it, with my forgetting that oil based stains are not compatible with epoxy...then he had to sand it all off when the epoxy didn't cover well.
The only real issue was painting the bottom - the process revealed that either 1) I can't paint (likely) or 2) the paints were not cooperating. My wife, enduring my torment over the bad painting, finally said, "Enough painting. We are going to flip the boat over Saturday." So we did.
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File comment: My son sweeping the boat after sanding.
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File comment: The interior - asymmetrical consoles designed by my son.
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File comment: On the water after a year.
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We managed to ding the bottom when a roller on the trailer came apart, but no harm.
Sadly, after about 3 weeks of sea trials and use, the outboard we bought used has died. Back to Craigslist!
Jeff and Nathan Funderburk
Jacksonville Fl
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